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It was a great year for the royal family, with the arrival of a new baby, a royal wedding and a 70th anniversary marker forPrince Charles. While the share of a lion of attention has been onPrince William andCatherine, Cambridge Duchess andPrince Harry andMeghan, Duchess of Sussex, There is a person who has been intimately involved in every important event. No it is notQueen Elizabeth. It isCamilla, Cornwall Duchess.

Camilla, who was once the most hated women in Great Britain for his role as a "third person" in thedisastrous marriage of Charles andprincess diana, firmly established one of the most influential women of the royal family. It is the highest royal wife of Royale (second only to the queen), so the influence it keeps behind the scenes is considerable - and his beautiful daughters know him.

"Camilla, thanks to his dedication to Charles and patience, managed to win the royal family," said a royal insider. "The queen grew up and realizes how good she was for her son. William and Harry love him and because of that, she is very important for Catherine and Meghan."

The two royal girls have wrought their own relationships with Camilla - with very different results.

"Kate knew that Camilla did not think of the origin that the Middleton family was sufficient to reach the royal ranks. Camilla thought William should marry a daughter of an aristocratic family," revealed my source. "But Kate knew she had the support of the Queen and Prince Charles. She made a point of winning the Camilla and she did it."

So so that Camilla invited Kate for lunch in Koffman's in the Berkeley Hotel before his wedding in Prince William where they were joinedPippa Middleton And the daughter of Camilla,Laura Lopes. The bride to be spotted suggestions from Camilla fog in a SmthSon laptop. Women also made a trip before marriage to ballet.

After the marriage, Camilla would have given the bride a gold binding charm bracelet that had a disc engraved with its two monograms - "C" for Catherine and a crown on one side, and "C" for Camilla and a Crown of the other. The bracelet quickly became a favorite of Kate, which was first bearing the bracelet in June 2011, two months after his royal marriage and still days later in Wimbledon.

In recent years, women have shared a car at important events like troop the color (the official official queen celebration) as they did last summer. But, there remains notes of a strain between them which sometimes surfaces such as proven by the nuance Kate threw to Camilla duringThe marriage of Harry and Meghan This sent the TwitterSphere to overdrive. The two women were spotted to have an intense conversation by sitting in the chapel of Saint-George waiting for the ceremony. When Camilla was caught on the murmur camera and laughs for herself toReverend Michael CurryThe burning sermon caught Kate giving camilla a serious eye.

"Kate is much more reserved than Camilla; it was clear that she thought Camilla was a little disrespectful at that time," said my source. "Camilla and Kate will be the queen one day and it puts them on foot for the moment, but there were times when Camilla is bothered when she thinksWilliam and Kate NATUROUT CHARLES. She has always felt that Charles had not had her reason for everything he had done as a prince of Wales. Camilla and Catherine have friendly, but not near. Catherine has his mother and sister. The relationship between Camilla and Catherine will take a different dynamic whenCharles becomes king. "

Camilla loved Meghan since the very beginning. When news from herCommitment to Harry Broke, Camilla enthusiastically told a journalist that she and Charles were delighted to add: "The loss of America is our gain."

In fact, my sources told me that Camilla intended to take Meghan under his wing because she loved the old informality of the actress and his commitment to help women in need (Camilla works under the radar with survivors of sexual assault for years). "The Duchess saw me a little bit of itself in Meghan and she clearly knew what it was to be a stranger to join the family. She made a special effort to get to know Meghan and that They take close. She and Charles love him. "

In May, shortly afterMeghan and Harry's wedding, Camilla was interviewed by 5 news in London and revealed days leading to the Big Day, the royal family was greatly concerned by the bride to his father,Thomas Markle, Famous supported at the last minute. "We are all asked what would happen next," she points out. "Then everything went well. Looking back on the wedding, she said, "It's nice to have something that is uplifting rather than depressing. Everything was perfect, including time, which could not be better. It was a beautiful day. »

Meghan and Camilla's friendship was clearly at his first official appearance as a family member three days at the 70th Anniversary of Charles Feast Garden where she and Camilla were glimpsed holding hands at some point.

"Harry said thatDiana had lived, she and meghan would be "like fairgrounds, '"Said my source. Just like Camilla took the place of Diana in Charles Life, she assumed her role as mother-in-law too. It is quite sweet-bitter. And for the more relationship on Camilla with the duchess, newly created,Here's why Meghan Markle is so grateful in Camilla.

Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New YorkImagine Diana andDiana: the secrets of his style.

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